Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland: Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative, Volumes 9-10W. Scott, 1888 |
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Page 140
... fear the reader may think we have already too long neglected . Of the ongoings of the evening the laird , who was now pretty well in the wind , was an attentive , but by no means a silent , spectator . In the enthusiasm which the ...
... fear the reader may think we have already too long neglected . Of the ongoings of the evening the laird , who was now pretty well in the wind , was an attentive , but by no means a silent , spectator . In the enthusiasm which the ...
Page 203
... fear to deal with them , and will not do it , even when they would act honestly . They are forced to range far , to places where they are unknown ; and even there they are every year circumscribing and planting thorns for others to walk ...
... fear to deal with them , and will not do it , even when they would act honestly . They are forced to range far , to places where they are unknown ; and even there they are every year circumscribing and planting thorns for others to walk ...
Page 249
... fear me , he might be guilty of some indiscre- tions for he is a child of passion as well as song - that might lead ... fears which the queen expressed regarding him . Chatelard , then , was a young French gentleman of rank , of rare ...
... fear me , he might be guilty of some indiscre- tions for he is a child of passion as well as song - that might lead ... fears which the queen expressed regarding him . Chatelard , then , was a young French gentleman of rank , of rare ...
Contents
John Mackay Wilson | 1 |
THE LEGEND OF FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNEL | 23 |
THE ROMANCE OF THE SIEGE OF PERTH Alexander Leighton | 34 |
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